Student Association Senator Gregory Lezon has been appointed chief of staff for the 2015-16 academic year by SA President-elect Nathan Lupstein, said Chief of Staff Chad Harris.The SA chief of staff works under the president and oversees the executive...
The deadline to submit applications for director positions in the Student Association for the 2015-16 academic year have been extended to noon Thursday.The extension was made due to the low number of applications turned in, said Chief of Staff Chad Harris....
Alumna Karli Johnson will speak at the Campus Activities Board's Break the Silence event.The event is 9-11 p.m. Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The event is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.Johnson also spoke at Take...
The Black Student Union will hold its annual Chill Fest 5-10 p.m. April 25 at the Center for Black Studies.Chill Fest is open to the public and will have music, free food and games. There will be a barbecue with hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken sandwiches....
The College of Visual and Performing Arts will hold Summer Art Camps for junior and high school students.Theater, visual arts and instrumental jazz camps will be held. Each summer camp will last six days and will be led by a faculty member or alumnus...
Thursday was like any other start to the weekend for Sarahlynn Basit, who was visiting her boyfriend’s apartment in Fairdale.Basit, a junior family and child studies major, said she always spends a lot of time with her boyfriend, Josh Kroesch, 23, in...
NIU Press will publish Robert Blagojevich’s account of his trial and estranged relationship with his brother, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, on Wednesday.In 2010, Rod Blagojevich was put on trial and found guilty of trying to give President Barack Obama’s...
The Student Association Senate is considering 12 amendments to its bylaws to reflect the move to online elections.The 2015 executive elections saw the SA’s first use of online voting through HuskieLink, a social media platform for student groups. Now,...
NIU Police Chief Tom Phillips said the police are using several tactics to fight crime, which tends to go up as the weather warms.NIU police are being trained to execute hot spot policing, which includes collecting and analyzing data on crime and deploying...
Student Association Senator Jake Swick resigned Wednesday night due to allegations of disclosing election information as an SA Board of Elections member.Swick was to appear before the SA Senate on Sunday to face charges of giving election information...
Correction: This article said the golf cart-sized Huskie Pups bought by the Alumni Association are larger than the old Huskie Pups. They are actually smaller than the older Huskie Pups.The Huskie Pups are scheduled to return today with an expanded route...
Associate meteorology professor Walker Ashley didn’t know he was going to see an EF4 tornado when he drove out on I-88 to observe Thursday’s storm.The tornado that hit northern Illinois resulted in two deaths and left a trail of destruction from Ashton...
